Two-time Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas will compete in the quarter-final of the ATP 500 event for the fourth time. Stefanos faced Karen Khachanov in the second round and earned a hard-fought 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 victory in two hours and 28 minutes.
The Greek prevailed with a late break in the decider and celebrated his milestone 350th ATP victory. Stefanos also extended his brilliant run against Karen, beating the Russian for the ninth time in ten encounters! Khachanov fought well at one of his favorite tournaments.
However, he got broken at 4-5 in the decider and smashed his racquet in anger. Thanks to the second set, the Russian claimed one point more than the Greek. However, world no. 11 clinched the pivotal ones.
350 Tour-Level Wins 👏@steftsitsipas overcomes Khachanov 7-6 2-6 6-4 to make the quarter-finals!#DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/2Vn5e5o8Na
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They stayed neck and neck behind the first and second serve and faced nine break points. Tsitsipas got broken three times and provided two return games, the crucial one in the final game of the duel. Stefanos landed 36 winners and 38 unforced errors.
Khachanov stood on a 24-36 ratio and erased that deficit after hitting 12 service winners more than…
